Final Exam Practice
93 Questions
| Attempts: 128
You've made it to the final! YAY! This is a final practice test that's taken from past test with a few new questions thrown in.
Questions and Answers
- 1.
“Public art is a reflection of how we see the world—the artist’s response to our ______ and _____combined with our own sense of who we are.”
Correct Answer
time, place
place, time - 2.
The ________ Museum in Doylestown, named for its founder contains more than 50,000 objects from over 60 early American trades, which document the changing industry in Pennsylvania.
Correct Answer
mercer - 3.
Who was NOT part of the original group of illustrators that would form the Ashcan school?
- A.
John Sloan
- B.
William Glackens
- C.
Frank Furness
- D.
Everett Shinn
Correct Answer
C. Frank Furness -
- 4.
The ________ Museum in Doylestown, named for its founder contains more than 50,000 objects from over 60 early American trades, which document the changing industry in Pennsylvania.
Correct Answer
mercer - 5.
Who was NOT part of the original group of illustrators that would form the Ashcan school?
- A.
John Sloan
- B.
William Glackens
- C.
Frank Furness
- D.
Everett Shinn
Correct Answer
C. Frank Furness -
- 6.
What IS NOT something listed by the Project for Public Spaces as a category in the definition of a good public space?
- A.
Comfort and Image
- B.
Uses and Activities
- C.
Access and Linkages
- D.
Sociablity
- E.
Historical Signficance
Correct Answer
E. Historical Signficance -
- 7.
What IS NOT something listed by the Project for Public Spaces as a category in the definition of a good public space?
- A.
Comfort and Image
- B.
Uses and Activities
- C.
Access and Linkages
- D.
Sociablity
- E.
Historical Signficance
Correct Answer
E. Historical Signficance -
- 8.
______ _____, was a famous photographer and artist who was inspired by anatomy and the human body some aspects of his artwork. He would eventually by ousted from his teaching position at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts because he had allowed nudity in a mixed gendered classroom. His most famous piece of art was a portrait of Dr. Samuel Gross.
Correct Answer
Thomas Eakins - 9.
______ _____, was a famous photographer and artist who was inspired by anatomy and the human body some aspects of his artwork. He would eventually by ousted from his teaching position at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts because he had allowed nudity in a mixed gendered classroom. His most famous piece of art was a portrait of Dr. Samuel Gross.
Correct Answer
Thomas Eakins - 10.
The famous painting, _______ _______, by Thomas Eakins was originally designed for the 1876 Centennial but it was rejected because it was considered too realistic, with its graphic bloody depiction of surgery, to be admitted to Memorial Hall.
Correct Answer
The Gross Clinic
Gross Clinic - 11.
The famous painting, _______ _______, by Thomas Eakins was originally designed for the 1876 Centennial but it was rejected because it was considered too realistic, with its graphic bloody depiction of surgery, to be admitted to Memorial Hall.
Correct Answer
The Gross Clinic
Gross Clinic - 12.
______ ________, was a film noir fiction writer from Philadelphia and a Temple graduate, who was most famous for Down there (Shoot the Piano Player).
Correct Answer
David Goodis - 13.
______ ________, was a film noir fiction writer from Philadelphia and a Temple graduate, who was most famous for Down there (Shoot the Piano Player).
Correct Answer
David Goodis - 14.
The term _____ _______ refers to areas deemed “hazardous” by the Home Owners Loan Corporation in 1935 survey that was designed to indicate the level of security for real estate investments for a program that would give new mortgages to homeowners at risk for foreclosure.
Correct Answer
Red lining - 15.
The term _____ _______ refers to areas deemed “hazardous” by the Home Owners Loan Corporation in 1935 survey that was designed to indicate the level of security for real estate investments for a program that would give new mortgages to homeowners at risk for foreclosure.
Correct Answer
Red lining - 16.
Christopher Morely, was a popular Philadelphian author who was most famous for his 1939 book, which would later become a hit Hollywood movie________ __________, about a working girl, the changing landscape of industry in the late 30-40s, and her romance with a Philadelphia socialite.
Correct Answer
kitty foley - 17.
Christopher Morely, was a popular Philadelphian author who was most famous for his 1939 book, which would later become a hit Hollywood movie________ __________, about a working girl, the changing landscape of industry in the late 30-40s, and her romance with a Philadelphia socialite.
Correct Answer
kitty foley - 18.
The _______ was a common musical instrument used in minstrel shows which became a symbol of reinforced negative stereotypes of African –Americans.
Correct Answer
banjo - 19.
The _______ was a common musical instrument used in minstrel shows which became a symbol of reinforced negative stereotypes of African –Americans.
Correct Answer
banjo - 20.
What is the first line of Quaker City?
- A.
One winter night I was called to the bedside of a dying friend.”
- B.
It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.
- C.
The sun shone, having no alternative, on the nothing new
- D.
A screaming comes across the sky
Correct Answer
A. One winter night I was called to the bedside of a dying friend.” -
- 21.
What is the first line of Quaker City?
- A.
One winter night I was called to the bedside of a dying friend.”
- B.
It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.
- C.
The sun shone, having no alternative, on the nothing new
- D.
A screaming comes across the sky
Correct Answer
A. One winter night I was called to the bedside of a dying friend.” -
- 22.
Robert Montgomery Bird who wrote plays and novels including the famous play about Spartacus and slave uprisings in ancient Rome called ______ , and Sheppard Lee, about a man who dies and whose soul goes on to possesses various other bodies.
Correct Answer
gladiator - 23.
Robert Montgomery Bird who wrote plays and novels including the famous play about Spartacus and slave uprisings in ancient Rome called ______ , and Sheppard Lee, about a man who dies and whose soul goes on to possesses various other bodies.
Correct Answer
gladiator - 24.
George Lippard was a 19th century writer and founder of the Brotherhood of the Union, whose most famous work was ________ ______ which was initially given in several parts and based of the real 1843 trial of Singleton Mercer who was tried for the murder of his sisters rapist.
Correct Answer
Quaker City
Monks of Monk Hall - 25.
George Lippard was a 19th century writer and founder of the Brotherhood of the Union, whose most famous work was ________ ______ which was initially given in several parts and based of the real 1843 trial of Singleton Mercer who was tried for the murder of his sisters rapist.
Correct Answer
Quaker City
Monks of Monk Hall - 26.
On May 17, 1838: an anti‐Abolitionist mob burned the recently constructed ____________at Race and 6th Streets.
Correct Answer
Pennsylvania Hall - 27.
On May 17, 1838: an anti‐Abolitionist mob burned the recently constructed ____________at Race and 6th Streets.
Correct Answer
Pennsylvania Hall - 28.
From Burt Davies “The Iron Age” “If there were to be any single symbol of Philadelphia during this period it would be the _____ _____”
Correct Answer
Pennsylvania Railroad - 29.
From Burt Davies “The Iron Age” “If there were to be any single symbol of Philadelphia during this period it would be the _____ _____”
Correct Answer
Pennsylvania Railroad - 30.
The ______ was a patented English process, an alternative to the daguerreotype licensed by the Langenheim brother in their 1850 Panorama of Philadelphia.
Correct Answer
talbotype - 31.
The ______ was a patented English process, an alternative to the daguerreotype licensed by the Langenheim brother in their 1850 Panorama of Philadelphia.
Correct Answer
talbotype - 32.
What is the name of the particular literary setting in Philadelphia that is being described below “The front of the mansion, one plain mass of black and red brick, disposed like the alternate colors of a chessboard, looked towards the south. A massive hall-door, defended by heavy pillars, and surmounted by an intricate cornice, all carved and sculptured into hideous satyr-faces.”
Correct Answer
Monk Hall - 33.
What is the name of the particular literary setting in Philadelphia that is being described below “The front of the mansion, one plain mass of black and red brick, disposed like the alternate colors of a chessboard, looked towards the south. A massive hall-door, defended by heavy pillars, and surmounted by an intricate cornice, all carved and sculptured into hideous satyr-faces.”
Correct Answer
Monk Hall - 34.
________ ________ was named one of the Best Parks & Plazas by the Partners for Public Spaces.
Correct Answer
Rittenhouse Square - 35.
________ ________ was named one of the Best Parks & Plazas by the Partners for Public Spaces.
Correct Answer
Rittenhouse Square - 36.
6. Which architect believed architecture is about feeling and expression, and said "honor the brick."
- A.
Robert Venturi
- B.
Edmund Bacon
- C.
Louis Kahn
- D.
Frank Furness
Correct Answer
C. Louis Kahn -
- 37.
6. Which architect believed architecture is about feeling and expression, and said "honor the brick."
- A.
Robert Venturi
- B.
Edmund Bacon
- C.
Louis Kahn
- D.
Frank Furness
Correct Answer
C. Louis Kahn -
- 38.
Which of the following artists was not a painter?
- A.
Thomas Eakins
- B.
Mary Cassatt
- C.
Benjamin Henry Latrobe
- D.
Thomas Moran
Correct Answer
C. Benjamin Henry Latrobe -
- 39.
Which of the following artists was not a painter?
- A.
Thomas Eakins
- B.
Mary Cassatt
- C.
Benjamin Henry Latrobe
- D.
Thomas Moran
Correct Answer
C. Benjamin Henry Latrobe -
- 40.
Why is the period 1876-1905 called Philadelphia’s “Iron Age”?
- A.
During that time, Philadelphia writers embraced irony
- B.
During that time, Philadelphia transformed itself into an industrial giant
- C.
During that time Philadelphia led the nation iron mining
Correct Answer
B. During that time, Philadelphia transformed itself into an industrial giant -
- 41.
Why is the period 1876-1905 called Philadelphia’s “Iron Age”?
- A.
During that time, Philadelphia writers embraced irony
- B.
During that time, Philadelphia transformed itself into an industrial giant
- C.
During that time Philadelphia led the nation iron mining
Correct Answer
B. During that time, Philadelphia transformed itself into an industrial giant -
- 42.
John Moran practiced photography and wrote about the medium as:
- A.
Art
- B.
Technology
- C.
Journalism
Correct Answer
A. Art -
- 43.
John Moran practiced photography and wrote about the medium as:
- A.
Art
- B.
Technology
- C.
Journalism
Correct Answer
A. Art -
- 44.
The first historian of Philadelphia photography was the retired daguerrean Marcus Aurelius _________.
Correct Answer
Root - 45.
lived in the 1400's, and wrote the first printed book on the subject of architecture in 1485, De Re Aedificatoria which became the classic treatise on architecture through the 18th century.
Correct Answer
Leone Battista Alberti - 46.
The first historian of Philadelphia photography was the retired daguerrean Marcus Aurelius _________.
Correct Answer
Root - 47.
Brockden Brown’s, Edgar Huntly (memoirs of a sleepwalker) is based of the 1737 scam by Penn’s son known as the ______ ______.
Correct Answer
Walking Purchase - 48.
lived in the 1400's, and wrote the first printed book on the subject of architecture in 1485, De Re Aedificatoria which became the classic treatise on architecture through the 18th century.
Correct Answer
Leone Battista Alberti - 49.
Caleb Crain recounts in his historical summary of the events surrounding the Quaker banishment to Virginia in 1777 that the remaining Quaker families directly appealed their husbands imprisonment by writing and visiting what influential American leader?
Correct Answer
George Washington - 50.
Brockden Brown’s, Edgar Huntly (memoirs of a sleepwalker) is based of the 1737 scam by Penn’s son known as the ______ ______.
Correct Answer
Walking Purchase
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